Now loads of people will be like "Ahh, poor Ron, hounded out by the poncey liberal elite", which will only fuel racism. But if he hadn't gone, then there would be an uproar at it being condoned, and fair enough - it would have sent a horrible message.
His apologising unreservedly makes the best of a bad job, really.
*sigh*
― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 22:46 (twenty years ago) link
"ooh, he's circumnavigated him there..."
― matthew james (matthew james), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 22:53 (twenty years ago) link
Bigot Ron has also said that he apologises for what is 'purported to be a racist remark'. Purported? Samuel L Jackson could say the original remark and it not be racist. Big Ron's not a pimp in the hood, thought he is blinged up to the max.
The sad thing is that I never thought this of him - this isn't a moment of madness which tarnishes a career (Big Ron laid low by off-the cuff remark and the PC brigade) , but something that makes you reevaluate that career as you reevaluate the man. He had to go. No question.
x-post with N.
― Dave B (daveb), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 22:55 (twenty years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 22:59 (twenty years ago) link
― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 23:01 (twenty years ago) link
― matthew james (matthew james), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 23:03 (twenty years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 23:05 (twenty years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 23:06 (twenty years ago) link
― matthew james (matthew james), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 23:07 (twenty years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 23:09 (twenty years ago) link
― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 23:09 (twenty years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 23:10 (twenty years ago) link
― matthew james (matthew james), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 23:11 (twenty years ago) link
you don't have to be racist, to enjoy his commentary, it just helps.
― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 23:13 (twenty years ago) link
― de, Wednesday, 21 April 2004 23:13 (twenty years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 23:14 (twenty years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 23:15 (twenty years ago) link
― de, Wednesday, 21 April 2004 23:17 (twenty years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 23:19 (twenty years ago) link
you shouldn't be flippant with those sorts of accusations, it doesn't help anyone.
― matthew james (matthew james), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 23:22 (twenty years ago) link
However, Guardian is reported he said of Desailly 'He's what is known in some schools as a fucking lazy thick nigger.'*
He also was caught out calling Tottie a 'little twat' on air 18 mkonths ago.
* - That'd be those fee-paying schools. Runs for cover
x-post what does Redknapp have to offer apart from [removed due to better judgement]?
― Dave B (daveb), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 23:24 (twenty years ago) link
― de, Wednesday, 21 April 2004 23:27 (twenty years ago) link
oh which subject, it would be great if english managers smoked fags all the time like italian ones.
― matthew james (matthew james), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 23:29 (twenty years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 23:30 (twenty years ago) link
― matthew james (matthew james), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 23:31 (twenty years ago) link
― I hate myself, Wednesday, 21 April 2004 23:33 (twenty years ago) link
The amount for slack that is cut in the UK for anything football related in pretty amazing.
― Bob Six (bobbysix), Thursday, 22 April 2004 05:46 (twenty years ago) link
― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Thursday, 22 April 2004 07:37 (twenty years ago) link
I was thinking earlier that it might have been a studio tech who'd got pissed off with commentary such as the above, who could then have left the mike open. If this kind of thing is endemic amongst commentators, I'd certainly be well hacked off if I was lowly scum who couldn't complain for fear of my job. But I dunno, it might just be a mistake.
― Liz :x (Liz :x), Thursday, 22 April 2004 07:49 (twenty years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 22 April 2004 07:56 (twenty years ago) link
It's a shame. But no question, he had to go.
― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 22 April 2004 07:58 (twenty years ago) link
HOW WE LARFFED.
― Sarah (starry), Thursday, 22 April 2004 08:06 (twenty years ago) link
See what he's doing there?
On a related note, my Turkish taxi driver last night said to me 'I'm not racist, but Jews and blacks can't drive.'
― Dave B (daveb), Thursday, 22 April 2004 08:15 (twenty years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 22 April 2004 08:25 (twenty years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 22 April 2004 08:27 (twenty years ago) link
― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Thursday, 22 April 2004 08:34 (twenty years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 22 April 2004 08:38 (twenty years ago) link
― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Thursday, 22 April 2004 08:40 (twenty years ago) link
That's got nothing to do with ron, but thereyergo
― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 22 April 2004 08:44 (twenty years ago) link
Not that this excuses what he said, but I know I've done some stupid things when drunk, like go to the Borderline.
― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 22 April 2004 08:48 (twenty years ago) link
― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 22 April 2004 08:48 (twenty years ago) link
but somehow i doubt it :(
― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 22 April 2004 08:48 (twenty years ago) link
― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Thursday, 22 April 2004 08:51 (twenty years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 22 April 2004 08:52 (twenty years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 22 April 2004 08:54 (twenty years ago) link
(also ron was a pretty shit commentator really.. ronnisms excepted)
― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 22 April 2004 08:54 (twenty years ago) link
He was full of vaguely unsavoury stuff on that Room 101, his comments about physios were particularly wrongheaded, but they were amusing when I saw it. I can't help but feel this incident will change all his quirks from "quaint and funny" to "prehistoric and useless", as his popularity bombs.
X-post, "ATLANTA GEORGIA, BIG RON, LITTLE JON, ELEPHANT MAN, 2004," god that would be amazing.
― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 22 April 2004 08:55 (twenty years ago) link
― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Thursday, 22 April 2004 08:56 (twenty years ago) link
― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 22 April 2004 08:58 (twenty years ago) link
― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 22 April 2004 09:01 (twenty years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 23 January 2005 13:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― Masked Gazza, Sunday, 23 January 2005 14:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ally C (Ally C), Sunday, 23 January 2005 15:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 23 January 2005 16:55 (nineteen years ago) link
"Bloocks"
― David Merryweather (DavidM), Sunday, 23 January 2005 18:44 (nineteen years ago) link
Also, 'Sunday Sport columnist'. Sheesh.
― Dave B (daveb), Monday, 4 April 2005 06:37 (nineteen years ago) link
I did not know about this. Well done, Dwight Yorke and Co.
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Monday, 4 April 2005 10:01 (nineteen years ago) link